CNN - Chinese embassy in Belgrade bombed (1999)

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[0:01] edition with Carol Lynn and Leon Harris

[0:03] weekdays on CNN.

[0:08] Operation Allied Force Day 45 and NATO

[0:10] admits it mistakenly bombed the Chinese

[0:12] embassy in Belgrade. The incident has

[0:14] sparked new debate as Beijing voices its

[0:17] outrage. Here in the United States,

[0:20] President Clinton is about to get a

[0:21] close-up view of tornado recovery

[0:22] efforts in Oklahoma.

[0:26] I'm Gene Randall in Washington. We're

[0:28] awaiting the start of the daily Pentagon

[0:29] briefing. Once it begins, we will go

[0:31] there live. In the meantime, here is the

[0:33] latest on the air strikes against

[0:35] Yugoslavia. NATO says it mistakenly hit

[0:37] the Chinese embassy in Bgrade. It

[0:40] happened during one of the heaviest

[0:41] attacks yet against the Yugoslav

[0:43] capital. According to the Chinese news

[0:45] agency, three people died in the

[0:46] embassy. Because of the attack, the UN

[0:49] Security Council held an emergency

[0:50] session overnight afterwards, saying it

[0:52] was shocked and concerned. Russian

[0:55] President Boris Yelen called the embassy

[0:56] incident barbarous and inhuman.

[0:59] Yugoslavia called it a war crime. NATO

[1:01] says it deeply regrets the error. As

[1:04] might be expected, the bombing of the

[1:05] embassy dominated today's NATO briefing

[1:07] seen live here on CNN. John Raidler is

[1:10] in Brussels. John,

[1:13] Jean, deep regret from the Secretary

[1:16] General of NATO, Javier Salano. Uh this

[1:19] one of the highlights of today's

[1:21] briefing here at NATO headquarters. a

[1:24] briefing which focused on NATO's strike

[1:26] against the Chinese embassy in Belgrade.

[1:29] Uh a strike which of course has provoked

[1:32] diplomatic outcry in some quarters. A

[1:35] strike NAT